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Alex Tripolski (אלכס טריפולסקי; born April 2, 1962) is an Israeli former Olympic
sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as ...
. He is also the President of the Israel Curling Federation.


Early life

Tripolski was born in Russia, and is Jewish."Tripolski, Alex"
/ref> He made '' aliyah'' (immigrated to Israel) from Russia in 1990.


Shooting career

Tripolski won the silver medal in the pistol division while representing Israel at the 1995 European Championships. In 1996 he finished 10th in the 50 meter free rifle at the ''Union International de Tir'' (UIT) World Cup Finals. At the 2001 World Cup, Tripolski finished 15th in the
10 meter air pistol 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...
competition with 576 points, 8 behind the winner. Tripolski competed for
Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics Israel competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 25 competitors, 18 men and 7 women, took part in 26 events in 10 sports. Gal Fridman won a bronze medal in Sailing, the only medal won by an Israeli at these games. Medalists ...
in Atlanta, at the age of 34, in Shooting--Men's Free Pistol, 50 metres, and came in tied for 16th with 572 total points. He also competed in Shooting--Men's Air Pistol, 10 metres, and came in tied for 39th with a 558 total points. At the
2013 Maccabiah Games The 19th Maccabiah ( he, המכביה התשע-עשרה) were held during July 18 to 30, 2013. The Games brought together 7,500 competing athletes, making it the third-largest international sporting event in the world after the Olympic Games and ...
, Tripolski won the gold medal in the 10 meter air pistol with a score of 571, and the silver medal in the 50 meter free pistol with a score of 530.


Curling

As of 2013 Tripolski was heading the sport of
curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns slidi ...
in Israel, and that year the
World Curling Federation The World Curling Federation (WCF) is the world governing body for curling accreditation, with offices in Perth, Scotland. It was formed out of the International Curling Federation (ICF), when the push for Olympic Winter Sport status was made. ...
reinstated Israel as a full member. In 2015 he was President of the Israel Curling Federation.


See also

* List of select Jewish shooters


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tripolski, Alex Living people Jewish sport shooters Israeli Jews Soviet emigrants to Israel Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Maccabiah Games silver medalists for Israel 1962 births Israeli male sport shooters Russian Jews Olympic shooters of Israel Competitors at the 2013 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel Curling in Israel